Coordination between the three departments of the municipality dealing with water supply from the Narmada project, the Yashwant Sagar reservoir and from tubewells will be improved. The responsibility of fixing leakages within 24 hours will rest with zonal assistant and sub-engineers. Public tubewells will be freed of encroachment and public taps installed on them. Some

Gambhir reservoir that supplies water to Ujjain has dried up. The Ujjain municipality plans to get water from Amla Vida Dam, 24 km away. The government might face resistance from farmers since the dam

Bhopal, Feb 1: The Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA) has decided to lower the Ataria dam height by 4 meter from its earlier proposed 407 m. height .

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Indore, Jan 2: Laying of pipeline for the third phase of Narmada Project here is in full swing. It will take another one-and-a-half year before testing of the project, scheduled in June. The project is being completed at an estimated cost of Rs 641 crore, with an aid provided by the Asian Development Bank.

Saurashtra was flooded since rainwater could not drain THE state highway between Viramgam and Surendranagar towns in Gujarat presents a stark contrast. On one side is a carpet of green fields for miles, and on the other, decaying jowar and cotton crops, at places submerged in water. The 60 km highway itself remained under water for three days in mid-September. The contrast makes

Canals are poorly maintained This is not the first time that Narmada canals have breached. In June this year, there was a major breach near Kadi in Mehsana, leading to the flooding of Sujaatpur village. This is the third breach in Kadi in four years. A kilometre away at Narsinhpura there was another breach in June. Compensation for agricultural losses is nowhere in sight.

GANDHINAGAR: The powerful pro-Narmada dam lobby in Gujarat has decided to field two international experts to counter the arguments advanced in the latest treatise published by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) study, 'Performance and Development Effectiveness of the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP),' which seeks to doubt the project's potential to deliver its proclaimed benefits .

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has told the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) that the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL)

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NEW DELHI: The Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has declined to give permission to the Gujarat government to install piers and gates in the Narmada dam, which would take the height of the dam to the final 138.68 meters from 121.92 meters.

The NCA in its meeting, chaired by Water Resources Secretary U.N. Panjiyar, decided that no permission would be given until the Rehabilitation and Resettlement sub-group and the Environmental sub-group were consulted.